A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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... wonderful lamps , or rather globes of fire , in the stupendous arch --- that a Being of such infinite wisdom , power , and glory , should condescend to take notice of such a little thing as man ! yea such a vile thing as man had made ...
... wonderful lamps , or rather globes of fire , in the stupendous arch --- that a Being of such infinite wisdom , power , and glory , should condescend to take notice of such a little thing as man ! yea such a vile thing as man had made ...
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... wonderful , that all the rivers are ex- haled in vapours from the sea by the heat of the sun ; refined in the clouds , distilled in gentle showers on the earth , and return thither again . Doth not the wisdom and goodness of God appear ...
... wonderful , that all the rivers are ex- haled in vapours from the sea by the heat of the sun ; refined in the clouds , distilled in gentle showers on the earth , and return thither again . Doth not the wisdom and goodness of God appear ...
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... wonderful works . Could we follow them in their excursions through the pathless deep , and behold their manœuvres , and the gambols of the levia- than , we might justly cry out , How wonder- ful are thy works , O Lord ! And is it not a ...
... wonderful works . Could we follow them in their excursions through the pathless deep , and behold their manœuvres , and the gambols of the levia- than , we might justly cry out , How wonder- ful are thy works , O Lord ! And is it not a ...
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... wonderful are they , and how conveniently situated ! As watchmen used not to be placed in a low or obscure situation , but on the walls or towers of the capital , to give timely infor- mation of danger to the monarch and inha- bitants ...
... wonderful are they , and how conveniently situated ! As watchmen used not to be placed in a low or obscure situation , but on the walls or towers of the capital , to give timely infor- mation of danger to the monarch and inha- bitants ...
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... wonderful , whereby agreeable odours are received with pleasure , and the contrary with reluctance , and by which we are led to take food and frequent places , which are most conducive to our health . Likewise that of the palate ; how ...
... wonderful , whereby agreeable odours are received with pleasure , and the contrary with reluctance , and by which we are led to take food and frequent places , which are most conducive to our health . Likewise that of the palate ; how ...
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Page 149 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another ; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 97 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.
Page 307 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee: Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : The earth also shall disclose her blood, And shall no more cover her slain.
Page 306 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water : but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Page 244 - Passing through the street near her corner ; And he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night...
Page 268 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 131 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Page 179 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 245 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 299 - How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.